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Friday, May 16, 1997 Whole Show

Discussion about the Aryan Brotherhood in prisons and the death penalty.

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Discussion about the Aryan Brotherhood and the death penalty in regards to the riot in April 1993 at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility when nine prisoners and one guard were killed. Five individuals have been sentenced to death for the killings that occurred during the riots, while some claim that those convicted, both members of the Aryan Brotherhood and members of the Nation of Islam are being scapegoated.

GUESTS:

- Alice and Straughton Lind–lawyers representing members of the Aryan Brotherhood accused of murder. They are also educators and authors.
Guests:

Faleh Abood Umara, general secretary of the Federation of Oil Unions.

Hashmeya Muhsin Hussein, president of the Electrical Utility Workers Union in Iraq.

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